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Flight-Viz – 10K flights on a 3D globe in 3.5MB of Rust+WASM
by coolwulf·Apr 1, 2026·101 points·44 comments
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10K flights in 3.5MB WASM bundle is impressive constraint engineering for browser rendering.
Strengths
- •3.5MB bundle size for 10K real-time aircraft is genuinely tight optimization work.
- •Rust+WASM architecture enables native-level performance entirely client-side.
- •Interactive 3D globe with search, filtering, and weather overlays runs smoothly.
Weaknesses
- •Flight tracking visualization is solved by FlightRadar24 and FlightAware already.
- •Novelty showcase without clear use case beyond technical demonstration.
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Target Audience
Aviation enthusiasts, developers interested in WASM performance
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FlightRadar24 · FlightAware · ADS-B Exchange
Post Description
I built a real-time flight tracker that renders 10,000+ aircraft on an interactive 3D globe, entirely in the browser using Rust compiled to WebAssembly.
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